Government Technology

Corey McKenna

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

Inside the Department of Homeland Security's Tech Garage
November 03, 2008 - Homeland security science and technology chief outlines priorities and current projects: interoperability, counter IEDs, cyber security, container scanners, personnel locators, biometric identification, vehicle disabling technology and a breathing apparatus.

Virtual Alabama: Catalyst for Government-wide Empowerment
October 31, 2008 - Virtual Alabama uses geospatial data to aid first responders, educators and economic developers to name a few.

Solar Energy Plant Comes Online in California
October 24, 2008 - Solar energy technology uses smaller footprint that other implementations says solar energy company CEO.

Michigan Consolidates IT, Pushes Mobile Service Delivery
October 22, 2008 - State now accepting text messages stored on a mobile device as proof of licensure.

Ryan Haight Act will Require Tighter Restrictions on Internet Pharmacies
October 02, 2008 - "We also learned of Web sites on the Internet that have chat rooms that glorify the use of drugs and where sellers go to encourage our children to try them."

Volvo to Begin Testing Hybrid Buses on City Streets
September 29, 2008 - "A common approach earlier was that bus manufacturers purchased hybrid components externally and attempted to adapt them to their own bus."

Four Midwest Governors Form Renewable Energy Initiative
September 29, 2008 - Five years ago, North Dakota had less than 0.5 megawatts of wind energy generation; a new facility will bring that amount to 475 megawatts.

Four States Receive Grants to Review DNA Evidence
September 24, 2008 - "More than two hundred people have been exonerated through DNA analysis of crime scene evidence that was not tested at the time of trial."

Sacramento Exercise Highlights Use of Volunteer Responders in Disasters
September 17, 2008 - "If Folsom Dam truly did break or Shasta Dam breaks or we have our massive hundred-year floods like they keep predicting, we could be that next region."

Sheltering a Sex Offender in Texas? Check the Database!
September 12, 2008 - With hotline, shelter operators can check evacuees against state registry.

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Collaboration for the Public Sector



Collaborative Justice: Transforming Criminal Justice Services Through Unified Collaboration
This issue brief examines video collaboration in every stage of the human justice process, demonstrating how this technology can not only make services more efficient, affordable, and accessible.

Cloud-Based Services Accelerate Public Sector Adoption of Video Collaboration
Today, thanks to new cloud technologies and high-quality networks, mobile video services - which provide not only cost savings but which help governmental interactions become more efficient - are more feasible than ever before.

Modernization as a Service: Acquiring IT through Innovative Procurement

Five Ways Collaboration is Driving Government Performance

Mobile Video Collaboration: The New Business Reality